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Matsukawa Daruma

Why is the Matsukawa Daruma, a lucky charm from Sendai, blue? Exploring the origin of it [Miyagi Prefecture]

Matsukawa Daruma is a lucky charm that represents Sendai Parimo, a traditional craft from Sendai. Some people may wonder how its distinctive blue looks compared to the common daruma. Pine...

megumegu2023.01.07

[Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture] Grilled goby is the highlight! Celebrate the New Year with traditional Sendai zoni...

Zoni is eaten during New Year's, and has various characteristics across the country depending on the region and culture. Broadly speaking, in Kansai, you can make a white miso with round mochi, while in Kanto, you can make a lot of ingredients with corn mochi soup and soy sauce...

megumegu2023.01.05

[Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture] We visited the Sendai City History and Folklore Museum located in Kotsugaoka Park.

The Sendai City Historical Folklore Museum (formerly the 4th Infantry Regiment Barracks) in Ryogaoka Park used to operate as a boarding house for the soldiers, but only the 4th Barracks remained and was moved to the east side of the park...

editorial staffeditorial staff2022.12.16

Shisomaki

Introducing the origins and delicious ways to eat Miyagi Prefecture's local dish, Shisomaki

Shiso Maki, a local dish from Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, is a specialty made by mixing the specialty Sendai miso with sugar and walnuts, wrapped in fresh green shiso, and fried in oil. It looks simple at first glance, but it's fried miso and green shiso...

editorial staffeditorial staff2022.11.26

[Miyagi Prefecture] Charm and actual food review of “Kinka Saba <Aya> Can” using branded mackerel

Canned mackerel is highly nutritious, tasty and reasonably priced. Among these mackerel cans, do you know the "Kinoya Ishinomaki Suisan Mackerel Can"? The deliciousness of using golden mackerel...

HiroyukiOkaHiroyukiOka2022.11.15

Kakunodate samurai residence

[JR East Pass Trip: First Day 1] On the first day, we went to the samurai residences in Kakunodate in the morning!

Tohoku Rokken Trivia Media NEFT [JR East Pass Journey: Explanation - Preparation Edition] I'm off! Commemorating the 150th anniversary of the opening of the railway! https://jp.neft.asia/archiv...

editorial staffeditorial staff2022.11.03

Tagajo, the mysterious northern capital that also appears in the poetry pillows of the Heian period [Miyagi Prefecture]

Tagajo is a castle built as a base for controlling the Emishi (Tohoku region), which was an unexplored land by the Yamato Imperial Court during the Nara period, and is a castle in the Tohoku region known as Mutsu Province...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2022.10.05

Sanbongi Tateyama Park (Osaki City)

Osaki Kodo, a cultivated land that lives with water, has been certified as a world agricultural heritage site [Miyagi Prefecture]

Even though it's called "Osaki Kodo", most people outside of their hometown will not know about it. It is centered around Osaki city in the northern part of Miyagi Prefecture, and is home to Iromacho, Kamimachi, Wakudani...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2022.10.04

3 recommended local routes in Miyagi Prefecture! From the capital of the forest to the land of Mt. Shisuiming

There are many local JR lines in the north of the prefecture, and commuting and school times departing from and arriving at Sendai Station are similar to those in the metropolitan area, but all of them are just a little away from the city center, and they are idyllic countryside, mountains, and seascapes...

Daiwa ConsilioDaiwa Consilio2022.09.24

5 wineries in Miyagi Prefecture! Let's look forward to the growth of young wineries!

Did you know that Miyagi Prefecture, the home of Sasanishiki, is the lowest fruit production in Tohoku? There were no wineries, but the prefecture was trying to revive its energy by reconstructing the Great East Japan Earthquake...

Daiwa ConsilioDaiwa Consilio2022.08.23

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